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Who wants to be the PUPPETEER?

So, the Prime Minister or rather the Government has no intention to get to know, register and record the particulars of each and every Internet user i.e. bloggers and online news portal writers in the country. 

There has been some serious mis-reporting on the part of even the most trusted main stream media. This to a certain extend reflects on the quality or rather the level of responsibility in some newsrooms today.

It's about responsibility, about taking pride in doing what you do. Even if you are doing it just for 'cari makan', or you happen to be the best buddy of the top most editor in your organisation, responsibility remains the cornerstone.

If it had been a Kadir, Dollah or Hardev sitting at the top, heads would have rolled into the bin the moment the PM's office clarified those erroneous reports about the PM wanting to 'discipline' the social media.

At the going rate, most probably such 'hiccups' would be forgotten and life will go on as usual, while the circulation and readership (viewership) continue to head in a predictable direction.

At the Malaysia Press Institute-Petronas Media Awards 2012 nite, the Prime Minister had actually expressed high regards to the mainstream media practitioners for their 'code of ethics'. Najib had indeed praised the mainstream media. Only to be disappointed shortly afterwards.

In his speech, the Prime Minister said :- 

"The freedom accorded to the social media must be parallel with a sense of responsibility.

"Often, in the domain of social media, there are mischievous writers who will use the space given to them to relay information containing slanderous elements that can jeopardise harmony.

"It is a different situation with the mainstream media where media practitioners are bound by journalism's code of ethics which make them extra careful when writing and relaying information.

"It is my hope that the suggestions given are not against the Communications and Multimedia Act and also those provisions under the MSC Malaysia's Bill Of Guarantee which states that the Internet will not be censored.

Whose idea was it to 'plant' the idea about social media in the PM's speech?  

The PM didn't read/deliver the part in his text which wanted to 'discipline' bloggers and friends. 

The Prime Minister has made it very clear that he is no puppet.

Who wants to be the puppeteer then? 

p/s What is the difference between an advisor and a puppeteer?

Korporat galak amalan sikap anarkis - Zainuddin Maidin

The last line of this article by former Utusan Malaysia chief, sums it all up. If you can't be of any help, just don't be a bloody burden. 

... and I wonder what the Prime Minister and Nazir Razak's brother Najib Razak has to say about Azran Osman Rani's 'act of bravery'...

PENGARAH Urusan Kumpulan dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Kumpulan CIMB, Datuk Seri Nazir Razak telah memuji Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif AirAsia X Azran Osman Rani kerana pandangannya yang terus terang terhadap Utusan Malaysia dan Perkasa.

Katanya, sikap terus terang inilah yang menjadikan dia pemimpin besar dengan keupayaannya menunaikan tanggungjawabnya sebagai CEO AirAsia.

Menurut sebuah akhbar, Nazir ketika melancarkan prospektus AirAsia X kelmarin berkata, "sesetengah orang mungkin memikirkan Azran melampau dalam kata-katanya tetapi apakah yang dapat kita harapkan apabila kita mempunyai seorang pengerusi seperti Rafidah Aziz".

Saya tidak tahu dalam soal apakah yang dimaksudkan oleh Nazir sebagai sikap terus terang Azran. Adakah tanggapannya Utusan sebagai akhbar rasis kerana menyiarkan berita 'Apa Lagi Orang Cina Mahu' atau ugutannya untuk menarik iklan AirAsia daripada Utusan Malaysia.

Bagi saya, tanggapan Utusan sebagai rasis adalah subjektif. Ia bergantung kepada aliran pemikiran atau kecenderungan seseorang dan juga latar belakang pendidikannya, dan itu adalah hak masing-masing.

Tetapi yang saya rasa tidak wajar ialah sikap tidak toleransi Azran yang kerana tidak bersetuju dengan pendirian Utusan telah mengugut untuk menarik balik iklan AirAsia daripada Utusan kerana pendirian Utusan bertentangan dengan pemikirannya.

Sentimen dan prajudis telah mempengaruhi tindakannya.

Apakah ini sikap seorang yang terpelajar yang percaya pada kebebasan dan demokrasi, keterbukaan dan globalisasi? Apakah ini bukan merupakan penyalahgunaan kuasa atau tindakan yang tidak rasional?

Pada pandangan saya, oleh kerana Nazir menganggap Azran sebagai seorang pemimpin besar kerana tindakannya itu, maka bererti beliau merestukan amalan sikap anarkis CEO atau Ketua-ketua Pegawai Eksekutif dalam badan-badan korporat atau syarikat besar.

Dalam perkembangan kapitalisme Barat, korporat gergasi dan syarikat-syarikat perniagaan besar semakin berkuasa, malah melebihi kuasa kerajaan dan mengancam kebebasan media atau memperalatkan media dengan kuasa wang mereka.

Inilah kuasa yang tidak kelihatan kepada orang ramai, sebaliknya rakyat hanya nampak kuasa kerajaan yang menekan kebebasan media khususnya akhbar.

Berhubung dengan perkara ini, saya suka memetik sedikit daripada tulisan seorang penulis terkenal British, Anthony Sampson dalam bukunya The Essential Anatomy Of Britian-Democracy in Crisis.

Kata Sampson; "The link between newspapers and big business had a longer- term effect: for journalist have constrained from reporting or criticising the excesses of financial boom, by pressures from owners, advertisers and public relations men, who helped set the agenda of the business pages. Enterpreneurial owners naturally dislike the critical and investigative function of reporters".

Pandangan Sampson ini menepati pandangan bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad dalam suatu jamuan makan malam Kesatuan Wartawan Kebangsaan Malaysia (NUJ) pada tahun 1990 yang mana beliau berkata, bukan sahaja kerajaan yang memberi kesan kepada kebebasan akhbar tetapi juga kepentingan perniagaan, pemilik, pengarah-pengarah dan juga kepentingan populariti.

Utusan sendiri tahu banyak hal yang negatif mengenai AirAsia telah disembunyikan bersama-sama dengan akhbar-akhbar lain demi kepentingan iklan atau wang daripadanya, tetapi nampaknya ini sahaja tidak cukup kepada Azran.

Beliau merasakan bahawa untuk Utusan mendapat iklan daripada AirAsia maka perlulah Utusan mengikuti kecenderungan sosial dan politiknya. Maka tekanan kewangan perlu dikenakan ke atas Utusan.

Tentulah semangat Azran bertambah tinggi dengan sokongan Nazir, adik kepada Perdana Menteri Malaysia yang tidak memahami krisis keyakinan yang sedang dihadapi oleh Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak dan juga UMNO.

Nazir tidak memahami bahawa tanpa sokongan daripada Utusan Malaysia memerangi anasir-anasir yang menghakiskan keyakinan kepada kerajaan, maka tidak mungkin UMNO akan dapat mengekalkan sokongan orang Melayu kepadanya yang menambahkan kerusi UMNO di Parlimen, menawan kembali negeri Kedah dan Perak dan menambah kerusi di Kelantan.

Barangkali Nazir memikirkan tanpa Utusan Malaysia menyerang balas terhadap sikap melampau orang Cina, maka Barisan Nasional akan mendapat sokongan orang Cina.

Sebenarnya Nazir menambah masalah yang dihadapi oleh Najib dan UMNO. 

- TAN SRI ZAINUDIN MAIDIN ialah Karyawan Tamu Institut Pemikiran Tun Dr. Mahathir, Universiti Utara Malaysia.

Don't follow the losers

They cry out aloud for democracy and transparency but have conveniently shied away from their war cry in their own party. 

PAS whose president wields a little or lesser power is dictated by a spiritual leader who often mistook himself for the Prophets. 

The unelected spiritual leader is the actual leader, not the elected President. Democracy has to be redefined to accommodate Pas... maybe.

DAP on the other hand has democracy etched in its name but in actual practice, as being continuously exposed by its former members and leaders, democracy appears like a corpse in DAP backyard.

The father and son political tyranny in DAP is an open secret. What is not so secret any longer is the way the Lim dynasty chokes dissent in DAP, even while screaming for a CAT administration here and there. 

By right the much disputed Dec 2012 DAP CEC election, where vote rigging and manipulation is suspected and alleged, ought to be held again. 

By right, by democratic norms, the party should call for a re-election of the CEC which appoints top party leaders including the powerful secretary general.

DAP members claim 750-odd eligible delegates were barred/not allowed to vote during the disputed CEC elections. They have also claimed that more than 500 phantom delegates could have voted to elect the 20 DAP CEC members in Dec 2012.

They suspect the 'inclusion' of Zairil Khir Johari was a fraudulent act, an afterthought engineered to please/hoodwink the Malays in DAP and those at large with blind hatred against the Government.

                                                                                            DaddyAnakParty? 

So, why is the popular secretary general who happens to be party supreme commander's son reluctant to call for a re-election of the CEC? Is DAP not a democratic party whose top most leaders are appointed by TWENTY members?

If you are appointed by only TWENTY members whose very own election is in dispute, you should shut the F up and mind the democracy in your party.

You certainly don't have the moral or political right to point fingers at others, more so at your opponents, when democracy in your party is on the dead bed.
PKR is a party for ONE man, led by ONE man and his wife, with ONE single objective... to be the Prime Minister of Malaysia. Everything else about PKR is bullshit.

Democracy is just another slogan for the Opposition parties in Malaysia. Its very similar to their version of transparency, anti-corruption, cronyism, nepotism and such.

I just hope those in Barisan Nasional won't emulate Pas, DAP and PKR, especially when its about democracy within the party.

Hidup Malaysia!

Did Anwar Ibrahim tell the truth?

BERNAMA Interview with Hamid Awaludin

Hamid Awaludin was Indonesian minister of law and human rights from 2004-2007 when Jusuf Kallawas vice president, and was Indonesian ambassador to Russia and Belarus from 2008-2011.

1.

Anwar Ibrahim claims it was Jusuf Kallawho approached him whereas JusufKalla said he was approached by Anwar. Which is true?

Hamid Awaludin:

I was present during Jusuf Kalla’s discussions with both Anwar and Najib. It was Jusuf Kalla who accepted Anwar’s request to mediate. He did not take theinitiative and approach Anwar. Jusuf Kalla does not have any political and economic interests in Malaysia.He is busy with his affairs in Indonesia. So why wouldhe take the initiative and approach Anwar? It isn’t logical.

Jusuf Kalla considers both Anwar and Najib as good friends. He wanted to help because they were competing fiercely with one another. That is how hesaw this.  

2.

Anwar claims there were several "preconditions" in the agreement eg.free elections, fair media, etc. Can you outline any preconditions?

Hamid Awaludin:

I am very sure that there were no preconditions discussed between Jusuf Kalla and Anwar. For me, adeal is a deal. And there was a deal that both parties – Anwar and Najib – agreed to.

Some people always try and find a loophole after the event, or an excuse not to deliver on their promise.Some people are different in character to others.

3.

Anwar now claims PM Najib didn't sign the agreement and it was therefore not valid. Jusuf Kalla says the PM did give his verbal agreement and therefore the deal was agreed by both parties, and was valid. Is Anwar correct or is JusufKalla?

Hamid Awaludin:

Anwar knew that Najib did not sign the agreement.Najib had very reasonable, political reasons for not signing the agreement and Anwar understood and accepted it.

But Najib gave his word that he would honour the agreement. He consented to the agreement. Basic morality teaches us that a man’s word is more important than his signature. And deeds are more important than any declaration. Najib delivered on his promise. He called for national reconciliation during hiselection result acceptance speech. Najib’s deeds matched his word.

4.

On Election Day, do you feel that the agreement was still in place? Had anything happened before Election Day to invalidate the agreement?

Hamid Awaludin:

I am very sure that nothing jeopardized the agreementin the run up to the election or on Election Day. The agreement still stood. Things changed after Najib was declared the winner. Even the day after Najib’s victory, I was personally optimistic that a deal is deal, and both sides would abide by the deal. But Anwar broke the deal. Perhaps he was unable to manage his followers,especially because the DAP had won more seats thanAnwar’s own party. Anwar found himself in a difficultposition. But a leader must lead, not be led.

5.

Do you and Jusuf Kalla feel Anwar broke the deal? If so, how?

Hamid Awaludin:

I feel that Anwar still does not accept political reality.Perhaps he has things he will not say because he doesn’t want to hurt people. I don’t know.

6.

Do you feel Anwar was/is sincere in wanting national reconciliation in Malaysia?

Hamid Awaludin:

I believed that Anwar had sincerity and I still hope hehas.

7.

Why do you think Anwar is behaving in the manner in which he is – denying the agreement, refusing to cede defeat andorganising protests across Malaysia?

Hamid Awaludin:

From the beginning, Anwar convinced himself that he would win the election. He had struggled for so longand he thought that this was the end of the struggle. He thought he would win the battle and defeat BarisanNasional. His belief was strengthened by opinion polls that were often in his favour. And each rally Anwarheld during the campaign attracted massive crowds. But in the end, the people’s choice is the ultimatefactor in a democracy.

Anwar believed he would win the election but he was afraid Najib would resist and not hand over power. So Anwar wanted insurance against this scenario. That is why he came up with the idea of the deal.

ENDS

Sedition... only in Kit Siang?

Former Court of Appeal judge Datuk Mohd Noor Abdullah and Director General of Education Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Arshad have graduated as Opposition politicians' latest punching bags. 

DAP secretary general Lim Guan Eng's father, Lim Kit Siang, who happens to be DAP's supreme leader and a staunch believer of unbridled freedom has started 'barking' at the two gentlemen. 

As usual those foreign-funded 'independent' and 'free' news portals who eat, drink and breathe nothing but freedom, have been barking together... if not louder than Kit Siang and his ilk. 

Kit Siang said the police should have arrested and charged the ex-judge and former DG of Education under the Sedition Act.

Listen to the ex-judge and please help identify the 'sedition' that the freedom fighter and DAP-owner is barking out aloud about. 



p/s Kit Siang, when is the DAP CEC re-election ah? 

UPDATED! Who is the real 'CELAKA' ?

UPDATED with video.

Ex-Hindraf leader S.Jayatas who is currently PKR's political bureau member tried his old tricks at the Dang Wangi district police headquarters this morning. 

As usual the PKR lackey and a bunch of familiar crusaders of 'police brutality' appeared at the police station to lodge reports over the death of a suspected criminal while in detention. 

'Police brutality' and 'death in custody' have been the staple diet of the likes of PKR's N.Surendran (who was also there), Lateefa Koye and a few other Suaram activists but Jayatas certainly went a step further today to outshine the other PKR attention seekers.

Being new in PKR, maybe the disgruntled ex-Hindraf Jayathas was thinking out of the box by attempting to be a full blown actor, rather than pretending to be an activist.

The three 'scenes' below certainly qualifies Jayatas to be an actor, better than his PKR supremo Sivaji the Boss.

Scene 1 - Jayatas pushes himself against (runs into) a group of policemen on duty inside the Dang Wangi district police headquarters compound.

Scene 2 - The actor, as scripted in his head, drops himself on the tarmac while policemen watch his antics in disbelief.

Scene 3 - PKR vice president Surendren (in white) suddenly appears at the scene and Jayatas shouts 'celaka in Polis tolak'. 

p/s My simple advice to Jayatas - This 'dropping dead on the road' drama won't get you anywhere... try fasting till being hospitalized, you may end up as a Deputy Minister.